Posted under: Thoughts
You know, when the old men made that declaration up, they must have tried to make that phrase as simple as possible knowing that in reality, it’s not that simple.
Everyone is entitled to a life, right? But nowadays, does that include fetuses too? How about the old that would rather sign a DNR (do not resuscitate) form when admitted to the hospital? How about children of poverty, children of third world countries, children of diseases? Does the phrase apply only to Americans? Does the phrase apply only to those who “deserve” it?
What about liberty? To have liberty is basically to have freedom and again, that comes with so many strings attached. What are our freedoms? Even The Bill of Rights has its limits which for the most part, aren’t really as free as you may think they are. I don’t even want to go into the details of The Bill of Rights right now either, but you get the point. Our liberties aren’t really as free as we thought they were.
Lastly, there’s that pursuit of happiness. That stupid pursuit has so much crap in the way, with many obstacles stemming from the life and liberty issues. What does it really mean to be on that pursuit? Is it trying to say that because we are human, we are insatiable and will never be happy? Or is it saying that we may have the right to a pursuit, but whether or not we can even reach a reasonable goal in that pursuit is questionable.
I don’t really know if it all makes sense, but I’m just sitting here thinking that these three things are supposed to be our rights, our inalienable rights, yet they don’t really seem too much like the, do they? Or maybe it’s just me.
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